Senators have a disincentive for getting rid of the anti-majoritarian rule: It gives them more power.
Scott Lemieux
Scott Lemieux is a political science professor at the University of Washington. He writes for the blog Lawyers, Guns & Money. Follow @lemieuxlgm
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
What’s Left of Roe
Barack Obama’s re-election might make the landmark decision safe for now, but its meaning has eroded over the years.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Embracing the Legacy of Torture
John Brennan’s nomination for head of the CIA shows the appalling extent to which the worst abuses of the post-9/11 security state have become institutionalized.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Clear Legality of the Platinum-Coin Solution
When choosing between unprecedented innovations, ending a constitutional crisis is infinitely preferable to making constitutional crises an entrenched institutional feature that may result in economic disaster.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Democracy, Disdain, and the Roberts Court
Taking issue with George Will’s arguments against Pamela Karlan’s essay on the Supreme Court’s contempt of Congress.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
SCOTUS in 2012: It Coulda Been Worse
The Court handed progressives a major victory by upholding the ACA, but next year there might be a lot less to celebrate.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Robert Bork, Martyr of Incivility?
Despite the outcry Ted Kennedy’s grilling of the former Supreme Court nominee sparked at the time, it almost certainly stopped Roe from being overturned.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Real Barrier to Better Gun-Control Policy
It’s not the Second Amendment
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Will Defenders of DOMA and Prop. 8 Have a Leg to Stand On?
Will questions of standing prevent the Court from ruling on the two big same-sex marriage cases?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Will SCOTUS Rule on Prop. 8 and DOMA?
The Supreme Court has a wide array of options on what to do about same-sex marriage rights.
